Faded Letters Just this one day , Will I reopen the satin box ... Only one last time... This fragile heart I will unlock. The Satin box  High on a shelf filled with memories... Yellowed Letters of a time Of How things used to be. And as I read I think I hear  Your gentle voice whisper in my ear... Just for today , Just once more I need to feel you  near. Brittle pages, faded lines Remembering another place in time Life was endlessly sublime Pledges of love forever undying. Painful vision My eyes do see Faded Paper, In a satin box ... Now this is but a memory Opened now, unlocks my heart. Your words I read To bring you near... In my mind  Your voice I hear .  " Read My words While I'm away from you... Remember that I love you true." Over again I read each line For words are all that's left... Letters in a satin box Of memories I can't forget.   By Pam Gallo copyright 2007